Old Threads

5starpool

I am a tad bored today in work, so I decided to see what the very first few threads in this forum were like and needless to say there are quite a few funny threads/posts from now respected players. I won't embarrass many people but 2 things I have to point to are:

Muso on poker classes in Fitz: I don't know who runs them but looking at pics of people who have done them, one is Vernon someone-or-other and a very good player. If it is because of the classes then they must be good

Dev on his (first?) visit to the Fitz: Thread is called "Why don't they call it Whitejack?" and tells the tale of him playing blackjack, but wanting to play poker though not getting round to it.

I enjoyed reading lots of threads for the humour value, and it should be a reminder to all of us that we were all noobs once at this game.

Some of Lafortezzas posts are good too

I am deliberately 'singling out' the mods in this post, not to make fun, but just to show all new guys that theirs is a path often followed. I have played with all the above mentioned several times and know them all to be very good players now. Just thought some of their old posts might be good to 'embarrass' them with occassionally.

Culchie

Pah .... you think that is bad.


Look at my first thread start !

(http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=202108)





Different Sites, Same Poker Rooms

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I guess you guys all know this anyway....though maybe not.


Interpoker, Betfair and William Hill are all the same.
Same cards, same games, same players, just the artwork design of the table and chairs.

This are easy enough standard to get ahead on, so you can deposit your money and pick up their bonus promotions, but still play against the same players. ...Just a little tip.

5starpool

Very nice of you to share that confidential information

gerire

I when bored will often go back and read about our first trip into the fitz freeroll when we all first met around a card table etc. About the business league, when all the banks and other companies were coming onto boards to 'spy on us' god it was funny back then.

How times have changed

ianmc38

One of the best:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=190226

ocallagh

a fiver to the person who finds the first bad beat story!

5starpool

This is my favourite so far of the few I have looked at.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133760

gerire

ocallagh wrote:

a fiver to the person who finds the first bad beat story!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=130248

Davey devils post

5starpool

gerire wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=130248

Davey devils post

I especially like the post in this thread that refers to the Fitz freeroll as a 'big game'

Hitman Actual

Dub13 (I think) posted a thread about updating the Boards:Poker wiki a while back and I meant to bump it.

http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Board:Poker

The forum is so popular now (and community-orientated) that it really is something we should do. There have been some great threads here, and they should be honored! I particulary remember a thread where it was correct to fold Aces preflop, but I can never find it.

ocallagh

gerire wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=130248

Davey devils post

well deserved fiver! Davey Devil has some explaining to do!!

Some quotes I came across:


Davey Devil: "I had AJ in the pocket "

Muso: "At this point we learnt a new term in poker. Being one off the prize money is called "The Bubble". "

Devore (talking about the fitz): "The casino is like something from Oceans Eleven"

Devore: "The hardest thing to do in poker is fold in my experience." lmao!!!

sendic

gerire wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=130248

Davey devils post

so I'd say 35 players in total were there

:eek:

the dealers are most helpful

there were dealers for the freerolls? :eek: :eek:

looks like i missed the glory days...

gerire

Yes back at the start (by start I mean when we all started going in) there was dealers. It was like a procession of them coming down the staris at the start of the tournie, I remember the first week there was none, we all nearly died we were getting in about 5 hands a blind level. What ever a blind level was

DeVore

Devore: "The hardest thing to do in poker is fold in my experience." lmao!!!

What? What?
That seems like a deep insight into the game. I think I have always been a genius at this....

DeV.

smurph

ocallagh wrote:

well deserved fiver! Davey Devil has some explaining to do!!

Some quotes I came across:


Davey Devil: "I had AJ in the pocket "

Muso: "At this point we learnt a new term in poker. Being one off the prize money is called "The Bubble". "

Devore (talking about the fitz): "The casino is like something from Oceans Eleven"

Devore: "The hardest thing to do in poker is fold in my experience." lmao!!!

Abosultely Brillant, Oceans Eleven had way more suits and way more awesome looking men (sorry)

Lafortezza

DeVore wrote:

That seems like a deep insight into the game. I think I have always been a genius at this....

DeV.

Biggest noob mistake that I remember making and posting about was flopping quads in the freeroll and when everyone checked to me I pushed all-in.

And was happy to win the pot when everyone folded

gerire

Seeing as Ive just won a fiver Im willing to put it back on the line to the person who can find the first cnut who posted a hand history

DeVore

The "Big Game" was the monthly 270 on Thursday in the Fitz. It had dealers, I don't recall the freeroll ever having dealers because thats where I learned to deal (never could stand self-dealing).

It was this week two-years ago that I won my first tournament (on crutches!).

DeV.

Imposter

I remember it took ages before we started discussing online poker! Fitz freerolls and home games were the usual posts for ages!

5starpool

No, the 'big game' quote I was referring to was def a freeroll. 35 players, rebuys, etc.

DeVore

I remember the SuitedAces team playing in the first Fitz Business League... and storming it!

DeV.

ollyk1

have to say i lost the head a little bit, first time in a big tournament and all that, i had just lost bout half my chips and said to myself take it easy sit out a few hands, but i got a pair of 7's and i just went mad and called all in, one guy called me, he had A9, he hit them on the turn and river. oh well!!

I believe you are referring to this Dom. Yes he was talking about a freeroll...:D

gerire

DeVore wrote:

I don't recall the freeroll ever having dealers because thats where I learned to deal (never could stand self-dealing).

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1343492&postcount=15

After 3 weeks of the boards invasion they stopped the dealers for the free roll

Dub13

lenny_leonard wrote:

Dub13 (I think) posted a thread about updating the Boards:Poker wiki a while back and I meant to bump it.

The forum is so popular now (and community-orientated) that it really is something we should do. There have been some great threads here, and they should be honored! I particulary remember a thread where it was correct to fold Aces preflop, but I can never find it.

Yea I posted a thread about the Poker forum wiki (or should I say lack of a wiki) a couple of weeks ago,I will try and dig it out.We need to do this and get the history of the poker forum onto wiki.

Davey Devil

ocallagh wrote:

Davey Devil: "I had AJ in the pocket "

Seriously, we were allowed keep our cards in our pockets back then. It was an anti-cheating rule. It was a good one, they should bring it back.

califano

Davey Devil wrote:

"I had AJ in the pocket "

Im sure you were just trying to bring a bit of NFL into poker being a fan an all.

gerire

Lol one of my early posts http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1304508&postcount=14

now back to Yahoo games for practice.

Iago

Hectorjelly's Poker 101 school - taking bookings now.
Lesson one: Two aces is a good starting hand.
Lesson two: Hectorjelly is good at poker, you're not.


lol

5starpool

Gotta love this bit

DeVore wrote:

6. When the blinds rise they will take all the 5 euro chips back and some form of game of chance is played out (I wasnt watching and I havent seen that done before so I dont know what they did, anyone enlighten me?). The winner gets all the chips (rounded to the nearest least chip that is still valid in the game).

DeV.